Tectonic Plates

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Across
  1. 4. Independent of tectonic plate boundaries
  2. 6. Major tectonic plate that includes the continent of Australia and the surrounding ocean and extends northwest
  3. 9. Causes a fault between two plates of the lithosphere, which will slide past one another.
  4. 10. Major tectonic plate that includes much of the continent of Africa and the adjacent oceanic crust to the west and south
Down
  1. 1. Oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath the Pacific Ocean. At 103 million km2 (40 million sq mi), it is the largest tectonic plate.
  2. 2. When two plates come together
  3. 3. Tectonic plate that includes most of the continent of Eurasia
  4. 5. Tectonic plate covering most of North America, Cuba, the Bahamas, extreme northeastern Asia, and parts of Iceland
  5. 7. Major tectonic plate which includes the continent of South America as well as a sizable region of the Atlantic Ocean
  6. 8. Occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  7. 11. Tectonic plate containing the continent of Antarctica